MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F240.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10 day GFS valid 18Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 34.98,-96.76 Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 49 SFC 972 293 23.6 18.5 73 5.1 20.1 182 24 299.1 301.6 294.2 339.6 13.89 2 950 494 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 185 37 298.5 300.9 293.7 337.5 13.42 3 900 960 17.2 16.0 93 1.2 16.4 193 44 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.5 12.79 4 850 1446 14.0 13.6 98 0.4 13.7 207 46 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.60 5 800 1956 11.1 10.6 97 0.5 10.8 217 45 303.0 304.8 292.5 332.9 10.08 6 750 2495 9.8 1.3 55 8.5 5.2 220 42 307.2 308.3 290.1 324.4 5.61 7 700 3065 7.4 -4.9 41 12.3 1.5 219 48 310.7 311.4 289.6 322.7 3.80 8 650 3670 2.8 -6.9 49 9.7 -1.6 217 53 312.1 312.8 289.8 323.3 3.51 9 600 4312 -2.6 -11.4 51 8.8 -6.1 221 55 313.1 313.6 289.3 321.8 2.67 10 550 4995 -7.8 -15.6 54 7.8 -10.5 226 57 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.7 2.07 11 500 5729 -12.9 -19.8 56 6.9 -14.9 230 62 317.3 317.6 289.6 322.7 1.59 12 450 6523 -18.9 -23.2 69 4.3 -20.0 234 69 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.0 1.31 13 400 7390 -24.8 -28.9 68 4.1 -25.5 235 81 322.8 323.0 290.5 325.9 0.88 14 350 8347 -32.3 -39.0 51 6.7 -33.0 231 81 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 15 300 9412 -41.7 -43.1 86 1.4 -41.8 236 84 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.28 16 250 10619 -51.9 -52.3 95 0.4 -51.9 244 86 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.12 17 200 12048 -54.9 -67.1 21 12.2 -55.1 246 75 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13870 -59.7 -78.4 7 18.7 -59.9 272 40 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16382 -61.2 -84.2 3 22.9 -61.5 275 30 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.61 m Freezing level: 624.22 mb = 4001.09 m = 13126.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.61 mb = 3354.89 m = 11006.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.91 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.50 mb = 935.73 m = 3069.94 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1146.37 m = 3760.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.87 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 478.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1452.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.30 mb = 1051.85 m = 3450.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.30 mb = 1294.27 m = 4246.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.30 mb = 2435.81 m = 7991.39 ft B at Equ Level: 24.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.30 mb = 14509.10 m = 47601.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 38.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 349.1 neg: -9.5 tot: 339.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.85 Bulk Rich Number: 14.23 Bulk Shear: 102.10 m/s